# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1) **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 **Category:** The BBQ Pit **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4841
### Author: ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S) #### Post date: [October 25, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/4841 "2021-10-25T20:17:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > In any event, I don’t know of a single case where an ignoramus has ever been persuaded by facts and logic. Once in a blue moon… > > [@The car ahead of me just paid for my Starbucks order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-car-ahead-of-me-just-paid-for-my-starbucks-order/824075/12): > > > > My wife, a Starbucks junkie, just told me I was supposed to keep it going by paying for the next person. Oops. :smack: > > > > Buuut…if you are supposed to keep it going, the only person who ultimately benefits is the one who breaks the chain. That seems logically/philosophically perverse. > > […] > > > [@The car ahead of me just paid for my Starbucks order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-car-ahead-of-me-just-paid-for-my-starbucks-order/824075/26): > > > > It’s like tossing a beach ball in a crowd. Yep, at the end someone is going to be down a beach ball, and someone is going to be up a beachball. Net losses and net gains are not the point. The point is that the ball was kept off the floor, and there is no consequence whatsoever if it drops. It’s just a quantumly small pastime that is less destructive than constructive. Makes some people feel good and there is really no downside. > > > [@The car ahead of me just paid for my Starbucks order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-car-ahead-of-me-just-paid-for-my-starbucks-order/824075/27): > > > > You know what? You convinced me. The beach ball analogy was especially good. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518)._